Field notes 1941 Southern Appalachian trip, Blacksburg, and vicinity Search this
Collection name:
Division of Mammals, C. O. Handley field notes, 1942-1993
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Maps
Place:
United States
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Maryland
West Virginia
Date Range:
1941
Start Date:
19410728
End Date:
19420131
Abstract:
The field book documents C. O. Handley's field work in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia in July 28 - August 25, 1941; typed notes of Dr. Hooper while in Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina for July 9 - August 30, 1941; and notes of Handley from Virginia during October 18, 1941 - January 31, 1942. The notebook is typed. Entries are dated and headed with location. They describe travel details (destinations, routes), work with Dr. E. T. Hooper and student Jack King (both affiliated with the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor), weather, collecting methods (type, quantity, time of day, list of campsites), specimens collected (type, quantity), interactions with local inhabitants, terrain, flora (sometimes as list with type of habitat) and fauna observed, maps with notations of routes, and sketches. Hooper's journal content is similar to that described above and is followed by a table of specimens collected for University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Also includes specimens collected by Jack A. King.
